Israel pounds Gaza Strip with airstrikesMarch 26, 2019 - 12:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - For several hours Israel struck the beseiged Gaza Strip on Monday, March 25, following rocket fire which hit Northern Tel Aviv, Al-Masdar News reports. Israel bombarded every major city centre in the Gaza Strip, attacking civilian infrastructure, a car insurance shop and also destroying the office of Hamas leader, Ismail Hanniyeh, in al-Rimal (Gaza City). Resistance factions have responded with rocket fire, as Israel continues to bombard civilian buildings in the densely populated Gaza City. It has been alleged that incendiary munitions have been used from helicopter fighters. There have been reports of tens of injuries and deaths, however none of these are yet confirmed. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |